He is the second aide to the former president to be charged for refusing to cooperate with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Clinton campaign lawyer acquitted of lying to the FBI about Trump, Russia ties
The case was the first courtroom test of special counsel John Durham since his appointment 3 years ago to search for government misconduct during the investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit, allowing New York probe to continue
The ruling comes a day after a New York appeals court ruled that the former president must answer questions under oath in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ probe,
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Mounting losses show limits of Trump’s power
The former president faced a series of setbacks in Tuesday’s primary elections as voters rejected his efforts to unseat two top targets for retribution: Georgia’s Republican governor and secretary of state.
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Jim Fossel: Trump and Obama had much in common
Both led populist campaigns that challenged the ruling elite, and both won long-shot races against Hillary Clinton.
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Trump must pay $110,000 fine, meet conditions to end contempt finding
The New York attorney general had asked a judge to hold the former president in contempt after he failed to produce any documents to satisfy a March 31 deadline to meet the terms of a subpoena in a state civil case.
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Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump
The billionaire, who plans to buy the social media company, said permanent bans of Twitter accounts should be rare and reserved for accounts that are scams or automated bots.
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FBI: Photos show Jefferson man inside Capitol on Jan. 6
Joshua Colgan told FBI agents he went to the Capitol Building following President Donald Trump’s speech, but said he didn’t enter.
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Evidence mounts of Republican involvement in Trump election schemes
Text messages and testimony released by the House Jan. 6 panel shows the deep involvement of some House Republicans in President Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power.
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Judge won’t lift $10,000-a-day fine against Trump, who says he doesn’t have records
Trump’s lawyers have provided a New York judge with an affidavit in which the former president claims he didn’t turn over subpoenaed documents to the state attorney general’s office because he doesn’t have them.